Mackesy P. The War for America, 1775-1783

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Supplies, British

organisation, 16, 66-7, 119, 216, 223, 312, 339, 480

provisions, 65-7, 80, 83, 119-20, 339, 475, 480;

depots, 67

camp equipment, 527

difficulties of supplying America, 18, 27, 65-6, 68, 80, 102, 215-17, 222-4, 352, 367, 518

See also Naval Stores, Shipping, Treasury, Ordnance, and the theatres of war

Supplies, rebel, 70, 98-101, 104, 127, 150-1, 155

Surat, 437

Surinam, 417, facing page 536

Surrey, Earl of, 470

Surveyor of Navy, 166

Susquehanna River, 127, 157

Sussex, 279, 290-1

Sutton, Sir Richard, 472 n.

Sweden, 377

Switzerland, 392 and n.

Tagus, River, 191, 315

Tangier, 191, 323, 372

Tarleton, Lieut.-Col. Banastre, 341-3, 405

Taxation, see Finance

Teneriffe, 224 n., 437, facing page 536

Ternay, Chevalier de, 251, 324-6, 328-9, 334, 346-50, 376, 413, 421, 435, 514

Texel, The, 191, 312, 392-3, 398, 447, 478, 481, 499

Thames, River, 206, 44, 118, 209-10, 260, 290, 480-1;

victualling depot, 67

Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford), 51 and n.

Throg's Neck, N.Y., 84, 90,

Thurlow, Baron

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views on colleagues, 52, 302, 305;

and Carlisle Mission, 188;

and King, 302-4;

and cession of Minorca, 383;

and news of Yorktown, 434;

and fall of ministry 468-9, 471;

and negotiations, 506

later career, 519

mentioned, 242, 302-4, 379, 399, 482 n.

Ticonderoga, N.Y., 41, 2, 9, 40, 57, 58-60, 79, 80, 95-6, 107, 114, 116, 123, 125, 126, 131-2, 134-5, 137, 141

Tilbury, 206, 210

Tobago (W.I.), 226, 227, 275, 418-19, 435, 508, 510

Tonyn, Gov., 233-4

Torbay, 206, 260-1, 284, 286, 290-2, 328, 296, 397, 399, 400, 439, 449, 450

Tories, see Loyalists

Toulon, 191, 190, 192, 194-201, 212, 216, 249, 280, 347, 355

Townshend, George, 1st Marquis, 18, 225

Thomas (1st Visct. Sydney), 362, 476-7, 487, 506

Trade, Board of, 247, 301-2, 471

Trade, defence of, see Convoys

Trafalgar, battle of, 322, 519-20

Transports, see Shipping

Treasons Act, 491

Treasury

financial responsibilities, 6, 312;

resistance to rearmament, 170;

patronage, 7, 248, 363

role in war administration, 14, 16, 163, 357

shipping and victualling, 18, 42, 65-9, 83, 118-20, 215-16, 223-4, 264, 339, 480, 487, 518

First Lord, 13, 21-2, 471, 520

See also Robinson, North

Trentham, 399

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Trenton, N.J., battle of, 92, 127, 98, 112, 116-18, 121, 125, 150-1

Trincomalee, 495, 496, 498-9, 509, 510

Trinidad, 226, 334, 508

Trinity College (Dublin), 47

Tromp, Adm. van, 478

Tryon, Gen. William, 33, 59, 270

Tucker, Dean Josiah, 37

Tunbridge Wells (Kent), 54

Turgot, 103

Turkey, see Ottoman Empire

Turnbull, A., 344 n.

Tuscany, (191), 436

Ushant, 191, 206, xv, 193, 204, 281-2, 356-7, 359, 388, 395, 446, 450, 478;

battle of (1778), 169, 210, 213, 239-40, 243, 279, 331

Valcour Island, N.Y., 41, 96

Valencia d'Alcantara, 107

Valley Forge, Penn., 127, 135, 212, 215

Varennes (Canada), 41, 94

Vaudreuil, Adm., 273, 439-42, 446, 448, 450, 488, 493

Vaughan, Gen. Sir John, 9, 140-1;

in West Indies, 274, 311, 325, 329-30, 334, 381, 420, 444;

dormant Commission in America, 404 n.;

character, 329

Vaux, Marshal, 294, 349

Vergennes, Comte de, 27, 29, 38, 103-5, 160, 171, 190, 279-80, 294, 324, 349, 355, 372, 384, 386, 434, 436, 491,

505-8

Vermont (part of New York state), militia, 134, 137, 140;

loyalists, 135;

separatism, 385, 408

Vernon, Adm. Sir Edward, 380

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Verplanck's Point, 97, 138-9, 270

Viceroy, proposals to appoint, see American Colonies (British command structure)

Vicksburg, Miss., 226, 232

Victualling Board, 16, 68, 199

Vilha Velha, 107

Virginia, 3, 340, 43, 110, 126, 128, 157-8, 254, 269-70, 339, 344, 346-7, 352, 367, 384-5, 512

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1781 campaign, 401-12, 414, 419, 425-30, 433, 435;

in 1782, 492;

loyalists, 409;

civil affairs, 401;

militia, 427

Volunteers, Irish, 304

Waccamaw River, 340, 407

Waldegrave, Earl, 54, 291

Wales, 181

Wales, Dowager Princess of, 48

Walpole, Horace, xv, 50 n., 52, 74, 105, 108, 181, 360, 417, 447, 522

Walpole, Sir Robert, 9, 12, 22, 242, 361, 520

Walsingham, Capt., 243 n., 285, 296, 325, 327-9, 332-3, 353, 378, 514

Walsingham, 1st Baron, see de Grey

2nd Baron, 507 n.

Wardlaw, William, 316 n.

War of 1812, 99-100, 259

War Office, 40, 44, 62, 118, 310. See also Secretary at War

Warren, Adm. Sir J. B., 259

Washington, George

general strategic situation, 91, 97-8, 143, 144 n., 151, 512

in 1776, 80, 87-91, 112

in 1777, 121-30, 131, 137-9

in 1778, 212-13, 215, 217, 221

in 1779, 268, 270, 277

in 1780, 338, 348-51

in 1781-2, 384-5, 387, 410, 413-14, 421-2, 428-9, 433, 435, 454, 489, 491, 495

mentioned, 34-5, 82, 117, 156, 158, 234, 252-3, 255-6, 269, 326, 350, 351, 404

Watchung Mountains, N.J., 92, 97

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Waterbury, Conn., 92, 98 n.

Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 270

Weather, influence of, 45, 63, 66, 68, 69, 80, 100, 102, 118, 199, 200, 212, 217-19, 260-1, 280, 286, 293-4, 313,

322, 325, 328-9, 332, 335, 339, 340, 347, 357, 373, 380-1, 386, 389, 399, 436, 438, 443, 450, 459, 479, 481-4, 498,

513

Wedderburn, Alexander, 38, 50 n., 247, 263, 265 and n., 301-2, 441;

and Carlisle Mission, 188;

and Gordon Riots, 361;

becomes Lord Chief Justice, 362 n.;

later career, 519

Weir, Commissary, 223

Wellington, 1st Duke of, 47, 85, 339, 404, 417, 512

Wemyss, Major, 152, 213, 231, 329, 404

Wentworth, Paul, 160, 287

Wentworth, Gov., 51 n.

Weser, River, 191, 62, 70

Western Squadron, see Channel fleet

West India Interest, 183 and n., 250-1, 310, 312-13, 336, 443-4

West Indies

under American Dept., 17

geography, population and society, 225-9, 336, 456;

trade, 183-4, 225, 229;

supplies, 65, 224 n., 228, 233, 273, 332, 379, 475

in War of 1812, 99

supplying of enemy, 70, 98, 101, 377, 379, 416-17

in British policy and grand strategy (which see also), 181-7, 224, 384, 506, 515, 518

economic and strategic nexus with American theatre, 184, 190, 218, 233, 258, 260-1, 266, 272-5, 327, 376, 410,

413-14, 419 ff., 461, 474, 476, 487

strategy and defence problems in theatre, 187, 225-9, 273-4, 307, 334-5, 456, 476

British reinforcements, 1776-83, 526-7

forces in theatre, 1775-8, 99, 173-4, 182, 227

1778:

danger to, 181-7, 197-9, 201, 203, 227;

in British strategy, 214-16, 219, 221-2, 224, 237, 244-5;

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operations, 229-31

1779:

plans and forces, 249-51, 261-2, 266, 269, 272-3, 274 n., 278;

operations, 272-4

1780:

plans and reinforcements, 306 ff., 323-9, 513;

forces and operations (Leeward Is.), 274, 329-34;

(Jamaica), 335-7;

hurricane, 380-1, 415

1781:

plans, 375, 387, 410, 413, 418;

forces (Leeward Is.), 375-6, 381, 386, 416;

(Jamaica), 337, 416;

reinforcements, 375-6, 415;

operations, 414-20;

and Yorktown concentration, 419, 477

after Yorktown, 436;

in plans for 1782, 439-47, 474, 476-7, 484, 487-9;

commanders, 473;

forces, 453 n., 455-7, 487-9, 493;

operations, 455-9;

in peace negotiations, 506-9, 516

Westminster School, 47

Westphalia, Peace of, 161

West Point, N.Y., 92, 98, 268, 270, 350

Wethersfield, Conn., 92, 413, 418

Weymouth, Visct., becomes Secretary of State, 18, 47;

resigns, 302-3;

mentioned, 7, 160, 185, 200, 205, 209, 246, 264, 284, 288, 289, 314

Whippany, N.J., 92, 98 n.

White, Capt. Thomas, quoted, 419

Whitehall, 2, 55

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Whitehaven (Cumberland), 191, 293, 324

Whitemarsh, Penn., 127, 130, 213

White Plains, N.Y., 84, 92, 91, 93, 98, 128, 152, 422, 428

White's Club, 50, 319

Wight, Isle of, 206, 207, 279-80, 294-5, 482

Wilberforce, William, 36

Wilkes, John, 53, 162, 361

Willcox, W. B., quoted 352;

cited 426 n.

William, Prince (later William IV), 263, 322

Williamsburg, Va., 340, 410-11

Wilmington, N.C., 340, 406-7, 454

Windham, William, 518

Windward Islands, 226, 182, 225. See also West Indies

Windward Passage, 226, 228, 452

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Winnsborough, S.C., 340, 345

Wolfe, Gen. James, on American rangers, 30;

and Germain, 48, 50; 40, 319

Wraxall, Nathaniel, 5, 50, 51, 52, 53, 108, 203, 301, 354 n., 434, 435 n.

Würtemberg, 62, 118

York (England), 305

York River, 340, 411-12, 424-5, 427, 429

Yorke, Sir Joseph, 301

Yorkshire, 191, 482

Yorkshire Association, 305

Yorktown, Va., 340

Cornwallis takes post at, 410-12;

defence and capitulation, 422, 424-8, 433

consequences, xv, 396, 435-6, 454, 461, 490

alluded to xv, xvi, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 34, 78, 98 n., 156, 277, 307, 321, 323, 393, 441, 443, 452, 458, 467, 489, 491,

494, 505, 516

For campaign in general, see American Colonies

Zoutman, Adm., 395

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